The Pen Green Centre for children and their families, located in Corby, Northamptonshire, was a trailblazer for the multi-agency Sure Start approach, helping shape the Sure Start model. Founded in the early 1980s, it was one of the first integrated centres, jointly funded by education, social care and health budgets. Now, 40 years on, the centre has grown from having six staff to over 100, and over 300 children currently attend.
It is still a model of an integrated approach to early education, working with a health visitor and family support team, as well as having a Research, Development and Training Base (RDTB). It also includes a children's centre, birth to threes education with care and a nursery school (with teaching school status), a crèche and both on- and off-site nurseries, caring for children aged from 12 weeks to five years old.
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